What are parents rights under FERPA?
It is important to note that Worcester Polytechnic Institute gives parents of financially dependent students, as defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code, full access to their dependents’ educational records. Access includes parents’ receiving copies of their dependents’ grade reports each semester from the Office of the Registrar. Worcester Polytechnic Institute assumes that its undergraduate students are financially dependent on their parents unless a parent or student informs us otherwise. If the student is financially independent the student must notify the Registrar of his or her independent financial statuses by using the financially Independent Student form. The form is available in our office for your convenience.
